New Bedroom

We finished the new bedroom a month ago, but finally here's a photo. Note the old chest of drawers that used to be in Robert's and my bedroom when we were kids - I've given it its 100-year service with a new coat of varnish.

Front Step Railings!

Yes, they're finally up, though not painted yet:

Also of course spring is well underway now and the first thing to go in is the potatoes:

Like the rest of the garden they are grown by the no-dig method, which means the seed potatoes just go on top of the first layer of mulch then more layers are put on over the next few months as the potatoes develop.

Autumn Harvest All In

Thanks to the regular summer rain and the efficacy of the vege enclosure (Fort Veg) we had a good crop this year:

Caravanning with Joyce

A month or so ago we bought an old 1970's caravan and named her Joyce. I took a couple of weeks off work and Lesley and I went off to the South Coast for 9 days. Eden via Canberra, Cooma and Bombala, then up the coast to Batemans Bay then home via Braidwood then straight across back-roads from Bungendore to Murrumbateman and Yass The numbers indicate where the nights were spent:

It rained quite a bit at Eden and Joyce began to leak, so we bought her a tarp, which did the job. We were stuck there for 3 nights due to mechanical (alternator) problems. On the middle day of the tour we set off with problems solved and found an amazing waterfront site in Regatta Point Caravan Park on Wallaga Lake north of Bermagui:

Alpacas Shorn

Actually this happened in January.